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Communication: FOURTH PERIOD

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Redundant capability is critical for any DCS. Which of the availability of redundancy below would have redundant I/O, controllers and networks?
The standard recommended by ISA-18.2 is for 3-4 priority level alarms to be used. Which of the alarm priority levels below can best be described as the highest percentage of the total configured alarms?
There are several data access methods used to transmit data. Which of the answers below can be described as a method that systematically allows for devices to initiate communication?
Parameter settings program the behavior of the function block. Which of the parameters below can be described as one that receives data from another block?
Voltage to voltage converters are best defined as which of the answers below?
Which of the answers below best represents the required nominal impedance of the data pair cabling in the DeviceNet system?
Which of the answers below is best represented by the number "1" on a typical H1 segment?
HMI networks are needed to expand or contract as required over their lifetime of use. Which of the networking types below will solve scalability, but is still limited because of multiple DA servers and duplication of information requiring an overuse of bandwidth?
All the wired network components interact with ISO layers. Which of the answers below reflects the ISO layers that the router interacts with?
Which of the messaging types below is best described as direct communication with a field device initiated by the scanner module?
Which of the connectors below is best suited for environments with vibration?
A defined area of geographical coverage is commonly called an area network. Which of the area networks below best known for use with USB and bluetooth devices?
Historical data can be logged through a HMI application. Which of the data storage methods below would best be described as one that looses resolution of the data, although reduces the volume of data?
There are many options to choose from for alarm states. Which of the following alarm states can be best described as a temporary suppression of an alarm?
IPv4 network classes can also be defined by the IP address they use. Which of the answers corresponds best to the address in row "E"?
Which of the terms below can be best described as supplies the individual devices with data and power from the trunk line in an H1 transmission system?
In the process conditions model, there are transition points between the stages of operating conditions. Which of the answers below is the signals conditions moving from abnormal to shutdown conditions?
Modbus has standard command codes to allow the master to access information from it's slaves. Which of the commands below would be used to request the content of the slaves holding registers # 40108?
IPv4 has several distinct classifications. Looking at the answers below, choose the one that contains all of the classifications.
There are numerous I/O modules that a typical DCS has access to. Which of the modules below is described as one that maps the data from up to 16 field devices that it supports?
Data communication in a DCS takes the form of various net works. Which of the networks below would connect FCEs, field devices and sensors?
The heart of a DCS is considered the PLC and it's five main programming languages. Which of the programming languages would be described as mimicking the components of the hardware of an analog control in self-contained blocks of code?
The limits of a OUT parameter status field has several different classifications. Which of the classifications below can be described as the indication of a parameter above the URV?
There are two types of Ethernet connector cables. Which type of connector cable is pictured below?
Model based network devices are at the user level of Ethernet/IP. Information of a capabilities or features of a specified device would be contained in which of the text files below?